Acts 1 & 2 of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Poetry

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What is a sonnet?

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A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines, typically written in iambic pentameter, with various rhyme schemes.

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How many lines does a sonnet contain?

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14

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What is the rhyme scheme of a poem?

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The rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line, marked using letters of the alphabet.

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What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza? 'My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red, than her lips red: If snow be white, why then her breasts be dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.'

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ABAB

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What is a quatrain?

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A quatrain is a stanza or poem consisting of four lines.

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What is iambic pentameter?

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Iambic pentameter is a type of poetic meter that consists of five iambs (an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) per line.

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a pair of consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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How does Lady Capulet feel about Paris' proposal?

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She is excited for Juliet and wants her to consider marriage to Paris.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.